#42DFB5#42DFB5

#42DFB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.142 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DFB5
RGBrgb(66, 223, 181)
HSLhsl(164, 71%, 57%)
HSVhsv(164, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 0%, 18.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(80.33, -50.22, 8.94)
CIE-LCHlch(80.33, 51.01, 169.90°)
OKLaboklab(81.26% -0.1406 0.0228)
OKLCHoklch(81.26% 0.142 170.8)
XYZxyz(36.9706, 57.2655, 52.8120)
Luminance0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DFB5 #DF426C
analogous
#42DF67 #42DFB5 #42BBDF
triadic
#42DFB5 #B542DF #DFB542
tetradic
#42DFB5 #6742DF #DF426C #BBDF42
square
#42DFB5 #6742DF #DF426C #BBDF42
split-complementary
#42DFB5 #DF42BB #DF6742
monochromatic
#188E6F #21C398 #42DFB5 #76E8C9 #ABF1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#42DFB5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45
#42DFB5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFB5
12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DFB5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DFB51.001.6912.4512.45
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4521.001.001.00
##00000012.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9D0B3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4C1B8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E1D3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.142 170.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beacb',
    500: '#42dfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dfb5;
$custom-light: #8beacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.949,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81256,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DFB5
secondary
#94324C
accent
#3A6AEE
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFB5

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#42DFB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva